Stand for holding manuscripts or writing or drawing patterns.



No. 889,863. PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908. 0. TZSCHAGHMANN.

STAND FOR HOLDING MANUSCRIPTS 0R WRITING 0R DRAWING PATTERNS.APPLIGATION IILEDAPR. 18.1906. nmmwnn MAY 4, 190a.

Witn esses: Jnvent'or':

U M a UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

OTTO TZSOHAOHMANN, OF FORST, LAUSITZ, GERMANY.

STAND FOR HOLDING MANUSGRIPTS OR WRITING OR DRAWING PATTERNS.

Application filed April 18, 1906, Serial No. 312,417. Renewed. May 4,1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO TZSOHACI-IMANN, a subject of the King ofPrussia and German Emperor, residing at Forst, Lausitz, in the Kingdomof Prussia and German Empire, have invented a certain new and usefulStand for Holding Manuscripts or Writing or Drawing Patterns, of whichthe following is a specification.

The present invention refers to a stand for holding manuscripts orpatterns to be copied by drawing or writing in which the pattern isinserted into a rabbet on the front face of the stand and prevented fromrolling up or falling off by a string, which is automatically tightenedwhen the back of the stand is spread off, or opened.

In the accompanying drawing a mode of carrying out the present inventionis exemplified, Figure 1 being the stand in partly opened position, Fig.2 the stand fully opened.

The stand, which can be suitably made of paste board or other suitablematerial consists of a front face plate a, which for the purpose ofallowing of drawing the respective pattern directly on the stand, can bearranged as a slate and be covered for said purpose with a sheet ofslate paper, and of a back b hinged to the front at the upper edge bymeans of strips of linen, hinges or the like. Between both parts astring -c is drawn in such a manner that an endless loop is formed,leavingfree as much of the width of the front plate as possible.

When the stand is folded up, the string c will be rather slack, so thatthe pattern d can be easily slipped beneath it and inserted into therabbet c at the lower edge of the plate a. When the stand is spread oropened and for this purpose the back b is turned off, the string c willbe automatically tightened and thereby piif'fevent the pattern fromrolling up or falling o The stand is secured in the opened positionSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1908.

Serial No. 430,855.

by means of a bottom plate f, hinged to the lower edge of the frontplate a and resting in opened position against a ridge -g on the insideof the back. For obtaining a better guide of said bottom part and forpreventing it from moving, should front and back plates be separated bya shock or the like, a second string loop his drawn through front andback plate and the bottom plate in such a manner that on opening thefront and back plates the bottom plate is automatically brought into itscorrect position. This position is reached when the said string loop hasbeen fully stretched and liesthe one hlalf above the other half beneaththe bottom p ate.

The above described stand is very cheaply manufactured and veryreliable. A single operation will open or fold it up, a second operationwill suflioe for inserting or removing the pattern, thus the stand isvery easily manipulated.

Having now described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States is:

In a stand for holding writing or drawing patterns consisting of a frontand a back plate hinged together at their upper edges by means of anendless string loop drawn through both plates, a ridge being provided onthe inside of the back plate, the stand when opened, being held in suchopened position by means of a bottom plate hinged to the bottom edge ofthe front plate and leaning on said ridge on the inside of the backplate, said bottom plate being held in its opened position by means of astring loop passing through said front and back plates and said bottomplate, as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

OTTO TZSCI-IACHMANN.

